Violin

actually it has a sweeter sound to it. In the related link box below, I posted a site where you can see and read about them.

no.....it sounds more electric. That's like asking if an electrical guitar sounds like an acoustic.

absolutly not! The regular violin can have more of a mellow, natural sound. With the electric violin you can get more of a modern sound. The electric violin is usually used in fiddle/bluegrass music. The regular violin is used in classical performances and orchestras. I personally do not play a electric violin because they sound so different. But you can get them in different disigns, colors, and sometimes you can change the sounds on them.

Hi there,

There are several key differences between a guitar and a violin:

1. Scale length.

This means the length of the string. On most guitars the scale length is between 24 and 26 inches, but this will vary slightly between different brands and styles of guitars.

On the other hand, a violin has a much shorter scale length of 12.8 inches - that is, the violin's strings are about half as long as the strings on a guitar. (obviously, since the violin is a much smaller instrument)

As a general rule, instruments with short strings play higher notes. Conversely, instruments with longer strings can play lower notes. Thus, a guitar can play much, much deeper notes than a violin. (Typically about 15 semi-tones lower)

2. Fretboard vs Fingerboard

A guitar usually has frets. A violin has no frets. This makes a large difference in the tonal qualities of the instruments.

3. Number of strings.

A standard guitar has 6 strings. A standard violin has 4 strings.

4. Method of playing.

Typically, a violin is played by drawing a resined bow across the strings to create a long, ringing, single note. (However, the violin can also be plucked with the finger to create a "ping" sound)

Guitars are usually strummed or picked. Bows are rarely used on guitars except as a novelty.

Similarly, a violin is played by placing it under the player's chin and supported on the player's choulder. A guitar is usually played at waist height, supported by the player's knee, or else held by a strap.

5. F-holes

Normal acoustic violins have 2 "f-holes" to allow the sound to exit the sound box of the violin. This gives the violin a distinctive tone or "sound"

A standard acoustic guitar has only one, large hole.

(However, there are quite a few guitars that have f-holes, so this is not always a difference)

5 Shape.

Violins and guitars come in all sorts of different shapes, but the classic violin shape and size is designed to promote and enhance certain harmonic tones produced by the string when they vibrate. Guitars' body shapes, apart from being much louder, can be quite different because a different tone is wanted with a guitar.
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Don't forget the similarities between the instruments:

Both are used extensively in both classical and modern music.

Both can come in acoustic (un-amplified), Semi-acoustic (amplified acoustic) and electric (must have an amplifier)

Both are string instruments.
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There are literally hundreds of other differences which aren't so obvious, depending on the type of violin and guitar. For example, there are differences in string gauges, string materials, types of wood, truss rods, finishes, and even the types of tuners used. After all, they are quite different instruments.

I hope this helps :)

Basis of knowledge: I play both the guitar and violin and also do some luthiering (guitar making)

Nope, they pretend to however. But sitting in the back of the stage you can see the backup band, which includes the real guitarist behind most of their music.

They absolutely do play their own instruments.

Both Nick and Kevin play guitar, (so does Joe - just not onstage). Nick also plays piano, and is a great drummer as well. But, because Nick can't play drums, piano and guitar at the same time, and none play bass guitar, they *do* have backup musicians - another guitarist, John Taylor (also their music director), a drummer (Jack Lawless), a bass player (Greg Garbowsky - 'Garbo'), a keyboard player (Ryan Liestman), along with a horn section and a string/violin section.

With violins, the highest string is E. And then fourth finger would put you up to B. But then you can shift, so there is no real highest note. You might get to a point by shifting to where you can't hear it anymore, but it is still a note. Although you could probably play two more octaves on it by shifting, notes that can still be heard.

There are tutorials how to play the violin. You can purchase the cds online and one of the sites offering this is http://play-violin.net. You can play like a master in due time.

You really should not do this.

Instead take it to a violin repair person and get their opinion if the instrument's value will go down if you refinish it yourself.

If they tell you it is a low value then go ahead and do it. The odds are you have a factory made violin that was mass-produced and is low quality. But there is always the chance that it might be a better quality instrument that has fallen into disrepair and refinishing it would kill the chance of selling it for what it is worth.

Hope that this helps.

As a violin teacher, I will happily say, Not Enough!!

It really does depend on your form of employment, whether peripatetic or full time post in a school/conservatoire. Also whether you are employed by a company (such as a supplier of peri teachers) or a state/LEA.

The musicians union rate for instrumental teaching is around £25.00 an hour minimum, but as the MU is really a toothless tiger, we often have to accept much lower rates when not working as self employed.

Most violin teachers will not make more than £13,000 - £15,000 PA from teaching (and that is on the highest end) but the majority of us do other work to supplement our income such as performing in pit orchestras, quartets, chamber ensembles etc.

There are exceptions to this, some of the greatest performers also offer lessons, when it comes to rates for these few, the sky is the limit.

(I)t depends on what (yo)u demand, how good (yo)u are, or where (yo)u work. private lessons usually are 35-40 dollars for an hour and 14 to 20 dollars for a half an hour.

My name is Michael Sanchez and I am a full-time teacher in Michigan. I don't have any sort of teaching degree, but did go to school for business (didn't graduate). I started off advertising online and began starting to get about 85% of my students from ads online. I now have about 65 private students and also have 2 other teachers that are working for me teaching violin. I charge $25/half hour and $45/hour although I started with lower rates. I have certainly mastered the art of teaching by balancing a lot of elements to keep students interested and very importantly staying organized. I have a very detailed spreadsheet where I keep track of all students. My current income from just teaching alone grossed about 65K this year.

I also run a website where I sell DVDs about learning to play violin and online memberships. The website is located at http://www.violintutorpro.com. I am currently making about 2.5K a month on this site. So in total my violin business is making about 80K/year, and I project this to grow over 6 figures next year!

It is worth finding an experienced dealer in fine violins to look at it. Preferably several.

Violinists and collectors particularly prize the instruments made by the Gaspara da Salo, Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Stradivari, Guarneri, and Amati families from 16th to the 18th century.

You use the bow just as much as you would on a violin. You can do plain bowing, or spaccato (bounce the bow) or col legno [col leno] (Use the wood to either strike the wood or pull across as you would the hair side.)

The structure of a guitar is divided into two parts: the neck and the body. The neck contains the fretboard, frets, position markers and the tuning pegs on the headstock. The body has the bridge with saddle which anchors the strings, a pick guard and a sound hole that resonates the vibrations of the plucked strings when played.

Apparently only 1700 Gibson Les Paul Standards were made in 1959. These guitars are probably the most sought after guitars in the world, so if you have one, get it checked out for authenticity. If it's an original it could be worth upwards of £200000

Depends how much youre willing to spend but synthetic strings give a better quality sound

To reader,

There are two ways the first one is pluck which is when you put your finger at the end of a string and let it go when it makes a noise be carefull you dont brake a string off.

The second way is the bow where you swift along the string with it's not that easy you have a bow hold and you have to press down a bit hard.

It is generally accepted that Stradivarius made what are now the most expensive violins.

Yes....... Come on I hope you worded this wrong cause yeah alot of people know how

A violist is someone that plays the viola. There isn't really the opposite of that other than someone that doesn't play the viola.

Italy.
It came from Italy where Andrea Amati created it in the 1500s.

A person who plays the violin is called a violinist or a fiddler.

A violin has many parts. The body is made out of wood which is most often Maple. The fingerboard, chin-rest and pegs are made out of Ebony. The strings themselves can be made out of a type of metal such as copper. I found the following website to be helpful: http://www.madehow.com/Volume-2/Violin.html I hope this information helps!

J'Anna Jacoby.

Very much so. Especially, in the later part of the Renaissance. The rebec was used in the transition from the medieval to the renaissance but once the violin was introduced the rebec was displaced rather quickly. Check out the recordings of "the Kings Noise"

I believe the violin stick you are talking about is called a bow. Usually bows are made out of wood and horsehair. When the horsehair is drawn across the string, the violin will produce sound (if rosin is on the horsehair). The wood of the bow basically keeps the horsehair tight and provides a place for the musician to grip the bow. I hope this answers your question.